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Tidy Pantry (12 of 365)

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Tidy Pantry Originally uploaded by Wolves05 Here are the "after" pictures. :) Think I've done a fairly good job, just have to make the spreadsheet for the stock keeping so we don't buy the umpteens can of sweetcorn (ok, I let DH off with that!! ;) ) or condensed milk. Just have to figure out a way to store all the dried fruits/pulses etc (top shelf) - will look into boxes. Latharia / Pam - I've got a bad track record with Flylady... I start every year but somehow don't seem to get past the "shine your sink". I will try again this year however... as usual. :) Maybe I am getting any further this time. Off to check my belated Christmas pressie (well... got money for birthday and Christmas from my Dad and step-mum so ordered stuff from my wishlist on Amazon)... got the other 2 books from "The New Covent Garden Soup Co", Sharon!!! :D

Day 2 of improvements

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Today we figured out where the leak is coming from. Well.... Chip did! ;) He decided yesterday to open the case of our "Power shower". I went to the study to look into holiday options for DH and myself, and suddenly I heard the shower going off full power .... About 5 Minutes later Chip turned up in the door - he could have entered a wet t-shirt contest. LOL!! What a bad scrapper am I... I didn't take a picture of him in that state... ;D . We went off to check where the water mains is and switched it off. Later I went through to the ensuite to find the shower screen being taken off - part of the problem for the leak was incorrect sealant (and we actually had them re-doing it with our snagging list 5 years ago!) and possibly a fault in the shower. So that's drying now, and Chip has removed the sealant from the sides of the shower where the shower screen was connected, and from around the shower tray (and removed some mildew while doing it). State of the ensuite just n...